Talking-machine.



G. E. WOODS.

TALKING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED JAM.24, I914.

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C. E. WOODS. TALKING-MACHINE. APPLICATION man mum. 1914.

1314,1065. Patented Jan. 30, i917.

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E. woons.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED JAN-24, 1914.

1,214,106. Patented Jan. 30,1917.

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C. E. WOODS.

TALKING MACHINE. APPLICATEON rm JAN. 24. m4.

Pafented Jan. 3(),1917.

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Patented Jan. 30, 191?.

w i lmaoow Uurrnn s'rars rrnr CLINTON E. WOODS, 0F BBIDGEE'QRT, CONNECTICUT, iiSSIGNOEt TO AMERIQAN GRAPHQ- PHONE COMPANY, OF 'BREDGEPOET, CONNECTICUT, A COBORATIDN OF WEST V13;

GINIA.

TALKING-MACHINE.

Patented Jan. so, 191v.

Application filed January as, 1914. Serial No. 814 t.

To all whom it may concern Be it-known that I, CLINTDN E. Woons,

a resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Talking-Machines, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification;

This invention relates to talking machines, and has for its object to produce a talking machine, or a machine of this character, of simple construction, of great compactness, and easily manipulated.

In its preferred form, and as here shown, it is designed as a machine'for desk use in dictating correspondence and the like. But while specifically designed for this desk dictation purpose, it is nevertheless capableof all of the uses to which, talking machines are ordinarily applied, and therefore I desire it to be expressly understood that the invention is ngt limited to ainachine for dictation purposes.

The invention consists in a hollow base of any suitable construction, but preferably similar to the base-piece of 'an ordinary stand telephone, within which is mounted a motor with a vertical shaft geared to a horizontal shaft outside of the base, which horizontal shaft at one end is geared to and propels the mandrel shaft of a mandrel for present: invention a suitable correction device which located on one side, here shown as the left-hand side of the machine, while a suitable scale and pointer are provided on the opposite side to indicate the speed at which. the record'blank or-rccord is being driven.

Other special features of the invention will be hereinafter more fully (loser-lined and then pointed out in the claims. I

The inventive idea is capable of receivwith the sideplate removed and showingg the gearing in elevation; Fig. 3 is a view from the righthand end of Fig. l,showing the base, however, in medial. transverse section; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the speed governor and speed indicating device, with inclosing casing broken away to disclose the parts; Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 55 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 6 is a view, partly in section, and partly in elevation, showing the means for adjusting the speed and with means whereby movements due to the speed of the governor shaft are transmitted to the indicator point; Fig. 6 is a detail of the friction pads and supporting means therefor; Fig. 7 is a front face view with parts broken away to show a portion of the interior mechanism; Fig. 8 is a front face view of the correction device; Fig. 9 is a transverse section thereoftaken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 12, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the left-hand end of the talking machine, showing the correction device and the connection thereof to the sound-box carriage; Fig. 11 is a vertical section on the line 11ll of Fig. 8, looking in the direction. of

' the arrows; and Fig. 12 is a section on the line 12-l2 of Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts, 1 is a base, preferably of metal and of any suitable shape, but preferably circular in horizontal cross-section, and also hollow.

2 is an upright post centrally and rigidly by the screws 4;, to the end that the baseplate may be removed to give access to the shell of the base i. I

5 is a hollowmotor shaft having bearing, at .3 and 7, on the bottom and top portions respectively of the post. 2,: and preferably the said post has formed in the top thereof a. depression within which a conically -13, here shown in the form of a hollow cylindrical part, within which is mounted a speed-indicating mechanism. 011 the base 1 opposite to the web 12 is a web 14, by which an abutment 15 is secured to the base 1, which abutment. like the abutment 13, is

preferably cylindrical and hollow and within which there is mounted the operating mechanism of the correction device.

Above the base 1 is a horizontal shaft 16 which has hearing at its central portion in upwardly projecting ears 17 (Fig. 1) formed on the upper portion of the base 1, and at its right-hand end has bearing in the abutment 13, as shown at 18 in Fig. 1, while its left-hand end has bearing in the abutment 15, or, preferably as shown, in a part or casting 19 formed integrally with the abutment 15, which casting is in the form of a hollow gear box (see Fig. 2). Keyed to the shaft 16 is a worm-gear 20 (Figs. 1 and 3) meshing with the worm 10 on the shaft 2. ()n the left-hand end of the shaftl which projects into the gear box 19 is a worm 21- (Fig. 2) neshing with a worm-gear 22 loose on a shaft 23 having hearing at 24 and 25 in said gear box. A mandrel shaft 26 projects laterally and to the right from said gear box and is supported on said gear box in a way well known in the art for supporting mandrel shafts, so as to leave one end thereof exposed for the purpose of placing the record blank on the mandrel. Keyed to the mandrel shaft is a worm-gear 27 (Fig. 2) which meshes with a worm 28 formed on the shaft 23 close to it: bearing end 25.

Splined on the shaft 23 is one member 29 of a clutch, the other member 30 being secured to or formed integrally with the worm-gear 22, and anysuitable or usual means is employed for engaging and disengaging the clutch members to start and stop the machine. As here shown, a collar 31 is formed on the clutch member 29 and within this collar engages one arm 32 of a clutchactuating lever fulcrumed at 33, while the lower or depending arm 31 of said le- \fer projects downwardly and outwardly through the wall of the gear box 19 and preferably has thereon a finger-piece 35, by means of which the lever may be shifted on its pivot against the action of a spring 36 to close the clutch, the spring acting in the usual or well-known manner to open the clutch when pressure is relieved from the finger-piece 35. Extending between the abutments 13 and 15 is a guide or way 36 (Fig. 1), on which slides a sound-box car riage 37 of any suitable or desired construc' tion. The guide-way 36, as is common in this art, is in the form of a hollow tube having a longitudinal slot formed on its under side, and within the tubulai guide-way 36 is a feed-screw 38 having hearings in the lug 39 forming part of the abutment 13 and in the wall of the gear box 19 forming part of the abutment 15. The end of the feedscrew 38 projects through the wall of the gear box 19 (see Fig. 2) and has keyed thereto a worm-gear 10'meshing with a worm *1 on the shaft 23.

The carriage 37 is prevented from turning upon the way 36 by a rail -12 extending between a lug 13 formed on the abutment l3 and a lug 1 1 formed on the gear box 19, which rail is embraced by the fork-end 15 of the carriage 37 in the usual well-known dbeccl governor and speed indicatrhvdie ferring to Figs. 1--7 inclusive, 46 is a wormgear keyed to the shaft 1(iwithin the hollow abutment or casing 13, and 17 is a shaft liar ing hearings in said abutment or casing and on which is formed the worm 48 meshing with the worm-gear 16. On the shaft -17 is keyed a disk 49 and to this disk two weights 50 and 51 are pivoted at the points 52 and 53, respectively, diametrically opp site to each other and adjacent to the pcriphery of the disk 19, and on the opposite side of the disk 49 are pivoted two weights 5% and 55, which weights are pivoted respectively 011 the pivots 52 and 53, which prefertwo pivots carry the four weights 50, 51, 51 and 55. These weights are all similar in construction and are shaped as shown in Fig. 5, and are normally held thrown in-- wardly toward the shaft 17 by springs 56, but are thrown outwardly against the tension of said springs when the shaft 47 is re volved. portion 57 within which is mounted a coin cal anti-friction roller 58 on a pin 59, shown in dotted lines in Fig.

Slidably mounted on the shaft -17 is a sleeve (30. a. spring 61 being interposed between said slceve and the wall 62 of the abutment casing. On the sleeve 60 is a circular flange or disk (33, and on the side of the disk. adjacent to the weights 50 and 51 there are formed two canr surfaces (51 and G5, which cam surfaces are shown in full lines in Fig. 4 and in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and are located opposite the anti-friction rollers 57 on the respective weights. The result of this construction is that when the shaft -17 is revolved and the weights 50 and 51 are ably extend through the disk 19, so that the Y Each of the weights has a cut-away llh , thrown outwardly against the tension of the springs 56, the anti-friction rollers 57 acting on the cams 64c and 65 impart a sliding movement to the sleeve 60 and the disk 63,

(to the left in Fig. 6,) against the tension of the spring 61,.as indicated by dotted lines'in Fig. 6, the extent of the sliding movement depending upon the speed at which the shaft L7 isrevolved.

Depending from the upper inner face of the abutment-casing 13 is a lug-66 (Fig. 6), to which is pivoted an angular lever 67. Mounted to turn in and depend from this 1ever is a shaft 68 supporting two diverging fork-arms 69, 69, on the lower ends of which are carried the friction pads 70, 70 in front of the disk 63. A micrometer screw 71 (Fig. 6) is screw-threaded into the wall of the abutment casing 13 with its lower end bearing on the angle of the lever 67, whereby the position of the friction pads with re lation to the disk 63 is adjusted.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. When the shaft 16 revolves the speed-governor shaft 47, the disk 63 is moved from left to right by the centrifugal action of the weights 50, 51 to bring the disk .into contact with the friction pads 70, 70,

whereby the speed of the machine is governed in a way well-known in .this art. When the speed of the machine decreases, or when the machine is stopped, the spring 61 returns the disk 63 to its normal position, the weights 50, 51 being thrown inwardly toward the shaft 47 by the springs 56. Mounted onthe shaft 47 on the opposite side from the sleeve 60 is a sleeve 72 free to slide on said shaft against the tension of a. spring 73 having bearing on the sleeve and a suitable abutment, such as the end of the worm 48 on the shaft. On this sleeve 7 2 is a disk 74 having the-cam surfaces 75, 76 (Fig.

4) corresponding to the cam surfaces 64 and onthe disk 63, and the weights 54 and 55 act on the camsurfaces 75, 76 to throw the disk 74, and with it the sleeve 72, to the right in Fig. 6 against the tension of the spring 73, when the shaft 47 is revolved.

This movement of the sleeve 7 2 is employed to actuate a suitable indicating pointer to indicate the speed'of \the machine through the following mechanism: A lever 77 is keyed to a rock shaft 78 having bearings at 79 and 80 in the wall of the abutment casing 13 (see Fig. 7). One arm 81 of the lever 79 has a spring 82 secured thereto at one end, 4 nd at the other end to the casing at 83,

which spring acts -to hold the upper end of "the lever 77 in contact with a flange of the sleeve 72. Keyed to the rock shaft 78 is a lever arm 84 (Figs. 6 and 7) which bears against a-lever'arm 85fixed on a rock shaft s6 turning in hearings in the, wall of the abutment casing 13. This'shaft extends to nearthe front end of the abutment casing 13, and in front of the partition wall 62 it shaft 89 to which is secured a pointer op- 70 crating in connection witha scale 91. When the sleeve 72 is thrown fromleft to right in Fig. 6, under the influence of the centrifugal weights 54, 55, the shaft 86 is rocked through the lever arms 7 7, Set and 85, there by depressing the lever arm' 87 and revolving the shaft 89 clockwise (in Fig. 7 and with it the pointer 90, the amount of this revolution of the shaft being dependent upon the extent of the sliding movement of the sleeve 7 2 which in turn is dependent upon the speed of the shaft 47 and therefore of the machine. lVhile I have thus described, with some particularity, the specific construction of the speed governor and speed-indicating device,

such specific construction forms no part of the present invention and is not claimed herein, since the same is shown, described and claimed in my Patent No. 1,121,887, granted on the 22nd day of December, 1914.

Correction dem'ce.--Referring to Figs. 1 and 8 to 12, there is mounted in the abutment casing 15 a shaft 92 (Fig. 11) having bearing in the wa11s93, 94: of said casing,

with its forward end projecting outwardly I through the wall 94 and having keyed thereon a disk 95 having a facing, as 96, of suitable material like rubber or felt. Two pins 97, 98 project outwardly a slight distance mately radii of said disk, but for reasons hereinafter described are in the form of an arc of a circle. In addition thereto the surface of the disk is divided into concentric portions by circles of constantly increasing diameter. Pivoted on the side of the abutment casing 15, at 100, is a lever 101 having a point 102 in close proximity to the surface of the paper disk, the lever 101 being slightly elastic so as to permit it to yield toward the paper disk under pressure applied to the thumb-piace 103 to cause the point 102 to perforate the disk. Secured to the shaft 92 between the partitions 93 and 94 is a drum 104 having a" cord or flexible metal strip 105 wound thereon and with one end secured to the drum, the other end pass- -1ly substituted and sound-box carriage 37 at 107' Figs. 10

and 12). Vithin the drum 104 108 secured at one end to the hub of the drum at 109 and at the other end to the Wall 93 at 110. l The rear end of the shaft 92 projects through the wall 93 and has secured thereon a bell 111 carrying a cam lug'112 which engages the cam face 113 secured to a striker 114 mounted to turn on a shaft 115 (Fig. 11) against the tension "of a. spring 116. This correction. device operates as follows: The disk 99 is placed in position on the front face of the device, as shown in Fig. 8, with its zero character opposite a pointer 117, the sound-box carriage 37 being in its extreme left-hand position. During the operation of the machine, as the carriage is advanced from left to right it acts through the cord 105 to revolve the shaft 92 against the tension of the spring 108, the proportion of the parts being such that by the time the sound-box carriage 37 has reached its extreme right-hand position, said shaft 92, and therefore the disk 99, will have made one complete revolution. Assuming that the sound-box carriage has advanced one-half the length of the record tablet and that at this point the dictator wishes to dictate a telegram, it is apparent that the disk 99 will have been given half a revolution and the point thereon marked 25 will therefore be immediately opposite thepointer117. The dictator thereupon seizes the button 103 of the lever 101 and revolves is a spring said lever until it comes opposite the circle having the word telegram written therein, and then depresses 'the button puncturing a hole in the disk at that point. Instead of a puncturing point 102, a marking point, as a pencil point for example, may be readthe paper disk 99 be marked instead of punctured. If the record be taken off of the dictating machine, the disk 99 is also taken therefrom and is placed on a corresponding machine. with the record, and the transcriber observing that'a telegram is recorded on the disk immediately advances the carriage until the point 25 on the disk 99 is opposite the pointer 117 and transcribes what is there recorded. Upon freeing the carriage 37 from the feed-screw, the spring 108 acts to return the disk 99 to its normal position, that is, with the zero point thereon opposite the pointer 11?. The position of the cam 112 on the bell 111 is such that it trips" the striker 114 just as the carriage 37 has reached its extreme righthand position, thus serving as a signal that the limit of the record tablet has been reached. 7

The specific-construction of the correction device herein shown and described is not claimed herein, since such construction forms the subject-matter bf my Patent No.

' of a hollow base,

BEST AVAILABLE COP 1,153,665, granted on the 141th day of September, 1915.

desired manner welly an intermediate gear 121 to a gear 122 on a shaft 123 having bearing in lugs 12 1,

125 on the abutment shaft is provided with a knob 126 by means of which the shaft may be turned for effect; ing the revolution of the shaft 119 to open and close the circuit.

While I have thus described my invention herein with considerable particularity, it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction described, nor to the particular proportion of parts shown, since the same may be varied within wide limits and within the terms of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed is 1. In a talking machine, the combination a motor and motor shaft therein, a sound-record mandrel shaft and a driven shaft supported by said base in parallel relation, worm-gear connections be-' tween said mandrel and driven shafts for driving the mandrel shaft from the driven shaft, and WOIIH gear connections between said motor shaft and driven shaft.

2. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, a motor and vertical motor casing 15, and said shaft therein, a sound-record n'iandrel shaft,

a sound box feed-screw all supported by said base parallel to each other, worm-gear connections between said driven sha t and said mandrel shaft and and a driven shaft feed-sore. and worm gear connections be tween saul motor shaft and tll'lVGll'Sllitft- 3. In a talking mach1ne,'thc combination of a holler: base,

a motor within said base, a

vertical motor shaft having a worm on its r l engaging said worm opposite a sound-record mandrel shaft,

hollow base havupp r end andthe sides of said post, a mo- 1,214,1oe a 1 tor for driving said shaft, and driving connections between said motor shaft, the men drel shaft and the sound-box carriage.

' 5. in a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base and two oppositely disposed nbutments supported by said base, a motor in said base, a speed governor supported on one of said abutments and operatively connected to said motor, a sound-box carriage moved by the motor, a correction device supported on the other abutment, and operating connections between said carriage and cormotion device.

6. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base and two oppositely disposed hollow abutments supported by said base, e motor in said base, a speed governor in one of the hollow abutments and operatively connected to said motor, a sound-boxcarriage moved by the motor, a correction device housed in the other abutment, endopcrating connections between said carriage and correction device. 7. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, a motor therein, a vertical motor shaft having bearing within said of a, hollow base, two oppositely disposed base, a horizontal shaft supported on said base, a worm on sold motor shaft having a bearing supportin' the base, a world-gear on said horizontal sheft and engaged by said worm opposite said support, a soundrecord mandrel shaft and a speed governor shaft supported on saidbese, and driving connections between. said lost-named shafts and said horizontal shaft.

8. In e talking machine, the combination abutments supported by said base, a soundrecord mandrel shaft having bearing in but one of said abotments, a sound-box carriage, a feed-screw therefor having bearings in said abutments, driven shaft having beerings in said abntments, a motor in said base geared to said last-named shaft between. said between said abutments, and drivingconneetions between said driven shaft and said feed-screw and mandrel shaft 10. lo. :1 talking machine, the combination of a hollow base and two abutment-s J id base, a motor within the boss, at

motor shaft having hearings in said base, a

driven shaft geared thereto and having bearings in said abutments, a speed; governor.

housed in one of said ebntments, a sound record mandrel shaft, and driving connections between said driven shaft and the mandr'el shaft and between said drivenshaftandthe speed governor. v

11. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, and two hollow abutments thereon a motor in said base, a motor shaft driven thereby, a driven shaft having bearings in said hollow abntrnents'and connected to said motor shaft, a sound-box carriage, a correction device housed in one of said hollow abutments and operatively connected to said carriage, a speed governor hoizsed in the other hollow abutment, and connections between said driven shaft and seid speed governor and sound-box carridge.

of a hollow base, a motor within said base and having a. vertical motor shaft extend,

ing' therefrom, two oppositely placed abutments on said base, a horizontal driven shaft having bearings in said obutments,'a sound record mandrel shaft and a speed governor shaft each having hearings in one of said ebutments only, and connections between one end of the driven shaft and the mandrel shaft and between the other end of said driven shaft and the speed governor shaft.

13. In at talking machine, the combinetion of a hollow base and two oppositely disposed hollow abutments supported thereon, a speed -indicating scale and pointer on the front face of one hollow abutment, a correction disk on the front face of the other hollow abutment and a disk operating device therein, a motor in said hollow bow, a

sound-record mandrel drivei'ithereby, a speed governor in'the one hollow abutment and connected to said pointer, operative connections between said governor and motor, a sound-box carriage moved by said motor, and operative connections between said carriage and correction device. l

14:, In e talking machine, the combination of a. hollow base, e motor and vertical motor shaft therein, two oppositely disposed hollow abutnients on said base,'a speed governor in one of said ebntments, a correction- .dicaxting device mounted on the other abutencl operating devices therefor within said abutment, a sound-box carriage operatively eonnected to said devices, a soundrecord mandrel sheft, and operative connections between said motor shaft and said speed governor, sound-box carriage and mandrel shaft. I

12. 111,2, talking machine, the combination 15. In a talking machine, the combination of ahollow base, a motor therein, two oppositely disposed hollow obutments on said base, a speed governor in one hollow abutmerit, a signaling device in :the other hollow abutment, a sound-box carriage in operative relation with said signaling device, and operative connections from said motor to said speed governor and to said soundbox carriage.

16. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, a. motor and motor shaft therein, a sound-record mandrel'sh'aft and driven shaft supported by said base in parallel relation, an intermediate shaft extending at right angles to the last-named shafts, worm-gear connections between said driven shaft and said intermediate shaft, and between said intermediate shaft and said mandrel shaft, and operatlve connections between said motor shaft and said riven shaft.

I7.' 'In a talking machine, a motor, a sound-record mandrel, a feed-screw, a speed governor, a driven shaft, means comprising norm-gear connections for driving said mandrel and feed-screw fromsaid shaft, means comprising worm-gear connections for driving said governor from said shaft, and means comprising worm-gear connections for driving said shaft from said moto:.

18. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, a'motor within said base, a horizontal shaft driven therefrom, a soundrecord mandrel, a feed-screw, connections between one end of said driven shaft and said mandrel and feed-screw, a speed governor, and connections between said governor and the opposite end of said driven shaft.

19. In a talking machine, the combination of a hollow base, a motor within said base, a horizontal shaft driven therefrom, a soundrecord mandrel, a feed-screw, worm-gear connections between one end of said driven shaft and said mandrel and feed-screw, a speed governor, and worm-gear connections between said governor and the opposite end of said driven shaft.

20. In a talking machine, the combination of ahollow base, a motor and motor shaft therein, a sound record mandrel shaft, a sound-box feed-screw and a driven shaft supported by said base in parallel relation, an intermediate shaft extending at right angles to the last-named shafts and feed-screw, w0rm-ge:-: 1 connections between said driven shaft and said intermediate shaft, and between said intermediate shaft and said mandrel shaft and feed-screw, and operative connections between said motor shaft and said driven shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLINTON E. WOODS. 

